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Nollywood actress Rita Edochie has responded to the defamation lawsuit filed against her by her colleague, Judy Austin, challenging Austin to produce her marriage certificate to actor Yul Edochie. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that Austin sued Rita and her former husband, Emmanuel Obasi, seeking ₦1 billion in damages and other reliefs from each of them. In the suit filed through her lawyer, Anozie Obi of Rubicom Legal Partners, Austin asked the court to compel Rita to publish a full and unreserved retraction and apology in two national newspapers and on her social media platforms. The newspaper reported that Rita opposed the…

Kehinde Sowole writes on how Temi Popoola and NGX Group are turning economic reform into capital formation Every era of economic reform produces two kinds of figures. There are the reformers themselves, the presidents, ministers and governors who take the political risk of change. And there are the interlocutors: the institutional leaders who translate reform into confidence, policy into capital, and government ambition into market reality. Nigeria’s current reform era has no shortage of the first kind. What has become increasingly evident is the emergence of the second, and few embody that role more convincingly today like Temi Popoola, Group Managing…

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja  The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has announced the arrival of the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) assessors as part of the ongoing 2026 EITI validation exercise which commenced on July 1, 2026. The presence of the EITI Mission in Nigeria, a statement from NEITI spokesperson, Obiageli Onuorah, said marks a significant stage in Nigeria’s validation and forms part of the global EITI validation process. During the mission which commenced August 10 2026, the assessors will undertake a comprehensive quality assurance assessment and hold consultations with key stakeholders, including government institutions, the National Assembly,…

The trend is worst in the tropics, even though overall warming is stronger at higher latitudes. The researchers say this is because temperature variability increases in the tropics, making extremes more frequent. Hot nights The number of hot hours also increases more at night than it does during the day. This is where the hourly analysis can start to seem more relatable than metrics of temperature change or counts of days. Days that fail to qualify as “hot days” still see an increase of several hot hours—mostly at night.  This wouldn’t show up if you just counted the number of…

Baka’s confirmation is the latest repudiation of Viktor Orban’s legacy by Hungary’s new leadersPublished On 11 Aug 202611 Aug 2026Hungary’s parliament has confirmed Andras Baka, a former Supreme Court chief and critic of former Prime Minister Viktor Orban, as the country’s next president.The National Assembly voted in a secret ballot on Tuesday to confirm him as president with 140 votes in favour, six opposing and no abstentions.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listHe had been nominated on Saturday by the Tisza party, which holds a constitutional majority of more than two-thirds of parliament. During the nomination, Tisza lawmakers said…

Randomizing parts of grant decision-making increases diversity and reduces costs, argue some researchers.Credit: Andrew Angelov/AlamyRachel Heyard’s job was to find a signal in the noise, but the trouble was how often there wasn’t one. As a biostatistician in the data team at the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) in Bern, Switzerland’s main public research funder, Heyard faced a tricky problem. Reviewers and panel members scored each grant application against criteria such as scientific relevance, feasibility and the applicant’s track record, grading the proposal on a scale from A to D. Her team’s task was to test how much those scores…

Bezos stepped down as CEO of Amazon five years ago but remains one of the company’s biggest shareholders.He also owns aerospace company Blue Origin, venture capital firm Nash Holdings and the Washington Post. More recently he created Prometheus, an artificial intelligence company which last month invested £330m in a British AI start-up.As if to underline the scale of his financial resources, only last week he filed to sell 15 million of his remaining Amazon shares with a market value of about £3.1bn – double the value of the consortium’s offer for a stake in Liverpool. Bezos has been linked with…

“The reality changed our plans,” explains Ukrainian writer Anna Melikova of her new screenplay “I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming.” She is seated next to her wife Isabelle Stever, the director of their new film, at the Locarno Film Festival. Their second creative collaboration after the Berlinale premiering “Grand Jeté” (2022), “I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming” marks Stever’s long-awaited return to Locarno after her debut “Gisela” played in the Filmmakers of the Present section back in 2005. “I wanted to write a story about my friends, about their love story,” Melikova continues. And while “I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming” retains its…

For years, I’ve complained about an Ikea shelf in my home that seems to attract dust at an impossible speed. Eventually, my frustration gave way to curiosity: what’s actually happening, scientifically? Is there anything I can do about it, besides just continuously dusting?The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.I’m not imagining things, says Nisa Salim, a materials engineer and associate professor at Swinburne University of Technology. While an object’s placement in the home and airborne particle levels make a difference, some surfaces really are better at collecting dust.Large…

Francis Sardauna in Katsina  The Assembly of Health Care Professionals in Katsina State has threatened to embark on industrial action if the state government fails to address its welfare and professional demands within 21 days. Addressing journalists in Katsina Tuesday on behalf of the Assembly, the state Chairman of the Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria, Comrade Ibrahim Balange, said the members of the union would embark on strike after the expiration of the ultimatum. He explained that the ultimatum, which took effect on August 11, 2026, was issued after several engagements, meetings and representations to the state…